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Today in Labor History May 15, 1942: IWW song writer T-Bone Slim, died in New York City. T-Bone wrote such Wobbly classics as “The Mysteries of a Hobo’s Life,” “The Popular Wobbly,” and “The Lumberjack’s Prayer.” T-Bone Slim once said, "Wherever you find injustice, the proper form of politeness is attack." He also said, "Tear Gas: The most effective agent used by employers to persuade their employees that the interests of capital and labor are identical."

#workingclass #LaborHistory #tboneslim #folk #folkmusic #IWW #anarchism #union #strike

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While "Intense wave of Israeli airstrikes across Gaza kills at least 80" and "82 Palestinians killed in Gaza sine dawn, death toll climbs to 52,928", Trump said in Qatar about the Gaza Strip of Palestine that "I’d be proud to have the United States have it, take it, make it a freedom zone".
theguardian.com/world/2025/may…
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Since then "In new Israeli massacre, 15 civilians killed and others injured in Jabalia refugee camp"
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Meanwhile "Latest Israeli Plan Inches Closer to Extermination" from Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/05/15/gaza-l… and from Amnesty International '“This is my home, and I will never leave”: Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians' amnesty.org/en/latest/campaign…






A Q&A with longtime NC reporter Rob Christensen on his new book about The News & Observer: "It’s not only the story of a newspaper, but of four generations of one powerful family — a very powerful political family that had the ear of presidents." #journalism #northcarolina nclocalnewsworkshop.org/featur…



I think there's a very meaningful conversation to be had about the surgical homogenization of MAGA women's appearances to suit one man's aesthetic preferences, and what that says about patriarchal bargains under fascistic misogyny. AND "haha, filler" is not that conversation

RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nywb5…

in reply to Gwen Snyder is uncivil

At the end of the day, the surgery and makeup are not the problem, and we have to be clear about that. When we mock privileged people for gender-affirming surgery and gendered self-presentation, vulnerable people who most need those things catch our strays. AND.
in reply to Gwen Snyder is uncivil

We need to recognize that the MAGA glamour aesthetic is a politicized performance with the end goal of setting a very specific appearance standard for AFAB and women's participation in public life--namely, a hyper-expensive, hyper-feminine, hyper-white standard that very few can actually meet.



:firefox: #Firefox #extension
Ah voilà ! J'ai retrouvé cette extension très pratique. Elle permet de rediriger certains sites (YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram...) vers des versions proxifiées (par exemple YouTube➡️ Invidious)
En plus de laisser moins d'informations aux GAFAM, c'est particulièrement utile pour moi vu que je ne peux plus consulter certains sites comme Reddit qui me bloquent parce qu'ils n'aiment pas mon IP.
addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/…
libredirect.github.io/




Aunque tengas buena preparación el futuro será incierto....😩


‘Heil Hitler’ heet de nieuwste single en zoveelste provocatie van hiphopartiest Kanye ‘Ye’ West. Moet je daar wel aandacht aan besteden? nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/05/15/kanye…


Hej. Sprawa jest. Ważna petycja do podpisania. Brakuje już tylko głosów.

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/

Petycja dotyczy wprowadzenia bana dla tzw. "terapii konwersyjnej" dla osób lgbt w krajach członkowskich Unii Europejskiej.

Dla tych, co nie wiedzą. "Terapia konwersyjna" to praktyki mające na celu przekonanie osoby, że nie jest homoseksualna lub trans, które praktycznie są nieodróżnialne od tortur.

Podpiszcie, proszę. I szerujcie dalej.

A jakby ktoś chciał się podzielić angielskim tootem, to można użyć tego:
front-end.social/@sarajw/11451…



Today in Labor History May 15, 1921: Pat Sullivan released the radical animated Felix the Cat cartoon, "Felix Revolts," in which Felix leads the cats in a General Strike against the humans, letting the rats run wild.

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#workingclass #LaborHistory #patsullivan #FelixTheCat #strike #generalstrike #animation #cats #revolt #annimation #cartoon

in reply to MikeDunnAuthor

Wow, that's terrific. Thanks for posting it! It's fascinating to see animations from that period that aren't from Fleischer. This is really well done.

Not the main point here by any means, but it appears that lunch counters in that era offered a considerably higher-powered grade of mustard than modern ones do.



:coffeev60: A listing of headlines that highlight a trail of corruption. Impeach and Imprison.

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in reply to OUR COMMON GROUND

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